The Club World Cup slowly takes on the air of the Champions League. While half of the knockout stages were played, only Palmeiras managed to qualify, taking advantage of a 100 % Brazilian match against Botafogo. For the rest, Chelsea came to the end of Benfica in overtime (4-1) and Paris Saint-Germain has grown Inter Miami without forcing (4-0).
The duel of this Sunday evening between Flamengo and Bayern Munich was slightly more disputed, but still turned to the advantage of Europeans (2-4). Applied as soon as you kick off, the Bavarians put themselves in an ideal position in the 10th minute after a goal against his Pulgar camp and a deviated strike from Harry Kane. Two goals that put a hit on the heads of the Brazilians, despite their enthusiasm and their big pressing.
Vincent Kompany’s men, however, had to work to keep their advantage. Just after Kane’s 40th goal this season, Manuel Neuer reminded everyone why he was a great goalkeeper by making an exceptional reflex stop on an attempt by Luiz Araujo. The German was however exceeded by the overpowered strike of the former Marseillais Gerson (33rd).
The mastery was still on the side of Bayern. Leon Goretzka proved it by completely taking the Argentinian porter of Flamengo Agustin Rossi (41st). Courageous to reduce the gap the first time, the Brazilians were again at the start of the second half when a hand of Michael Olise allowed Jorginho, the former star of Naples and Chelsea, to score on penalty. However, there was still one to pick up. Harry Kane finally crucified them in the 73rd of a composure full.
The Bavarians will therefore find Paris Saint-Germain in the quarterfinals, seven months after their meeting in the group stage of the Champions League. In full search of their own style, the Parisians then bowed (1-0), conceding a goal from Kim Min-Jae on a corner after an approximation by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The Italian porter has since grown since. Decisive during the final phase of the European Cup, he is one of the great craftsmen of the first coronation of his team. Like Ousmane Dembélé, intractable in attack when he was excluded during this meeting at the Allianz Arena.
